Voting in Ayodhya : 5th Phase of Uttar Pradesh elections

Feb 27, 2017 14:53 IST

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A Sadhu shows his inked finger after casting his vote at a polling booth during elections in Ayodhya on 27th February 2017. The 5th phase of polling for 51 assembly seats is spread across 11 districts in Uttar Pradesh. (Arun Sharma/HT PHOTO)

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Poring over voter lists at a polling station at Ayodhya. An estimated 12 to 13% of voters turned out to exercise their franchise till 10am across these districts. (Arun Sharma/HT PHOTO)

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Voters line up to cast their votes at a booth. The phase has heavy stakes for the incumbent SP as it won 36 out of the 51 seats in the last assembly elections held in 2012, BJP and the Congress won five each, BSP won three and the Peace Party won two seats. (Arun Sharma/HT PHOTO)

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A view of a polling station at Ayodhya in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. (Arun Sharma/HT PHOTO)

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Women queue up to cast their votes at a polling station at Ayodhya. The districts going to polls in this phase are Balrampur, Gonda, Faizabad, Ambedkar Nagar, Bahraich, Shravasti, Basti, Siddharth Nagar, Sant Kabir Nagar, Amethi and Sultanpur. (Arun Sharma/HT PHOTO)

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People cast their votes as a policewoman stands guard at a polling station. Ayodhya is an important constituency for the BJP as it rose to power on the back of the Ram Mandir movement and won the assembly seat four times before suffering a shock defeat to the SP in 2012. (Arun Sharma/HT PHOTO)

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An old man is helped as he emerges after casting his vote today. (Arun Sharma/HT PHOTO)

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Voters await their turn as they line up to cast their votes at a polling station. (Arun Sharma/HT PHOTO)

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Outside a polling station in the outskirts of Ayodhya. (Arun Sharma/HT PHOTO)

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A sadhu emerges after casting his vote at a polling station at Ayodhya. (Arun Sharma/HT PHOTO)